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Contributor: T. E. Bray.
Issuer: CARINUS, AD 283-285. Antoninianus.
Obverse: Radiate and cuirassed bust. IMP. C. M. AVR. CARINVS NOB. C.
Reverse: VIRTVS AVGGG.; Carinus standing right recieving Victory on a globe from Jupiter. Din central field, XXI in exergue (Antioch mint).
Reference: RIC 327; Sear 3456. Grade: VF.
Comments: For more information, read the "Carinus" entry from De Imperatoribus Romanis.
For recent scholarship on Carinus see TOCS-IN; for book reviews, see Bryn Mawr Classical Reviews.